College Football: Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Award Winners
Below is a list of past winners of the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year Award.
More Pac-12 college football awards:
- Pac-12 Offensive Player of Year
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of Year
- Pac-12 Coach of Year
- Pac-12 Player of Year (1975-1982)
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| Year | Player, School |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Devin Lloyd, Utah |
| 2020 | Talanoa Hufanga, USC |
| 2019 | Evan Weaver, California |
| 2018 | Ben Burr-Kirven, Washington |
| 2017 | Vita Vea, Washington |
| 2016 | Adoree Jackson, USC |
| 2015 | Deforest Buckner, Oregon |
| 2014 | Scooby Wright, Arizona |
| 2013 | Will Sutton, Arizona State |
| 2012 | Will Sutton, Arizona State |
| 2011 | Mychal Kendricks, Cal |
| 2010 | Stephen Paea, Oregon State |
| 2009 | Brian Price, UCLA |
| 2008 | Rey Maualuga, USC |
| 2007 | Sedrick Ellis, USC |
| 2006 | Daymeion Hughes, Cal |
| 2005 | (tie) Haloti Ngata, Oregon and Dale Robinson, Arizona State |
| 2004 | (tie) Shawn Cody, USC and Bill Swancutt, Oregon State |
| 2003 | Dave Ball, UCLA |
| 2002 | Terrell Suggs, Arizona State |
| 2001 | Robert Thomas, UCLA |
| 2000 | Adam Archuleta, Arizona State |
| 1999 | Deltha O'Neal, Cal |
| 1998 | Chris Claiborne, USC |
| 1997 | Pat Tillman, Arizona State |
| 1996 | Jason Chorak, Washington |
| 1995 | Tedy Bruschi, Arizona |
| 1994 | Mark Fields, Washington State |
| 1993 | Rob Waldrop, Arizona |
| 1992 | Dave Hoffmann, Washington |
| 1991 | Steve Emtman, Washington |
| 1990 | (tie) Steve Emtman, Washington and Darryl Lewis, Arizona |
| 1989 | Junior Seau, USC |
| 1988 | Dana Wells, Arizona |
| 1987 | Chuck Cecil, Arizona |
| 1986 | Bryon Evans, Arizona |
| 1985 | Mark Walen, UCLA |
| 1984 | Duane Bickett, USC |
| 1983 | (tie) Ricky Hunley, Arizona and Ron Rivera, Cal |
More awards:
- National College Football Awards -- Players and Coaches
- NCAA Conference Football Awards
- College Football AP All-American Teams
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